According to the African Union's Disease Control and Prevention Center (Africa CDC), in the last 24 hours, the death toll has risen from 2012 to 2074, while infections have increased from 51,698 to 54,027.
The total number of recovered patients rose from 17,590 to 18,636.
North Africa remains the region most affected by the disease, with 1195 deaths and 19,808 recorded cases.
In West Africa, there are 343 deaths and 15,213 infections.
Southern Africa accounts for 177 deaths in 8765 cases of covid-19.
The pandemic affects 53 of Africa's 55 countries and territories, with five countries - South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria - concentrating about half of the infections by the new coronavirus and more than two thirds of the deaths associated with the disease.
Egypt reports 482 deaths and 7981 infected, Morocco totals 183 fatalities and 5548 cases, South Africa counts 161 dead and 8232 infected patients, while in Nigeria there are 107 dead and 3526 infected.
The highest number of fatalities is recorded in Algeria (483), in 5182 infected patients.
Only Lesotho and the Saharawi Republic still do not report cases of covid-19.
Among the Portuguese-speaking African countries, Guinea-Bissau has the most infections, with 564 cases and two deaths.
São Tomé and Príncipe has 208 cases and five deaths and Cape Verde has 218 infections and two deaths.
Mozambique has 81 infected patients and Angola has 36 confirmed cases of covid-19 and two dead.
Equatorial Guinea, which is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), has 439 positive cases of infection and four deaths, according to Africa CDC.
Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the covid-19 pandemic has already caused some 267,000 deaths and infected more than 3.8 million people in 195 countries and territories.
About 1.2 million patients were considered cured.
